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Il Gran Vascello.
to him . " If , " he added , " there is auy mistake" ( and he fixed his eyes imploringly upon his late prisoner as bespoke ) , " ! will make ample atonement- I am rich . " " Knave ! " proudly replied the Scot , " couldst thou coin thy dishonest heart , it would not save thee . Behold , "he continued , " tlie forger of the note in question ; here is a list of the number of each as I received them at fhe bank—this forged one corresponds not with any one of them ;—
besides , I invariably mark the initials of my name in every one I receive ; —( examining the others)—every one has them but this , and which till this day , I am now convinced , I never saw . Send , " he continued , " to the money-changer ' s house ; let the fellow ' s cash-box be produced , and my note , corresponding both in number and mark , will be found . " As his lordship warmly seconded the request of his young friend , the chef-de-la-police immediately dispatched a party of carbineers to the
bureau of the Jew , whose countenance , long before the return of the party , had convinced every one present of his guilt . After some time , the cash-box of the delinquent was at last produced , and the note of Mr . Cackelben , numbered and marked , as he had described . Never was vindication more complete . The young Scotchman , to the pleasure of all present , was honourably acquitted of every suspicion , and the unfortunate culprit sent to the gallies for life . What became of the contents of the Jew ' s cash-box , the Roman police alone can tell .
The Ring Of Charlemagne.
THE RING OF CHARLEMAGNE .
{ Concluded from page 318 , Vol . VI . ) PART II . HILDEGARDE , a prey to jealousy , carefully avoided the King ' s presence . Shut up in her own chamber , she communed with her secret griefs , and entreated God to bring to a close trials , ivhich were as severe upon the heart of the woman , as they were humiliating to the pride of the Queen . At length , she was one day informed that her rival had
disappeared , and that Saphira , of whose empire over the heart of her husband she entertained such dread forebodings , was no longer an inmate of the palace . This intelligence , the effect of . which , it might be supposed , ivould have been to restore her peace of mind , only rendered her still more uneasy . Her suspicions acquired new strength from the fact ; and she planted her spies in all directions to detect the hidingplace of her enemy .
In the meanwhile , Charles devoted himself with increased ardour to botanical pursuits . Occasionally , in the progress of his studies , he went to console Saphira , now a prisoner in the distant seclusion of the royal gardens . He counselled her to abide the issue in patience , and await the time , not far distant ( so he urged ) , when , freed from the tie of matrimony , he , her royal lover , would be enabled to replace her in her former positionand restore her to the envied post which she had lost .
, " I cannot believe that you still love me , " said Saphira , on one of these visits ; " and it were better , august sire , to restore me to freedom and my native land , than only to promise me restoration to those brilliant honours of which you tell me . Here I am a captive , and how shameful a captivity ! Obliged to conceal myself from the si ght of a
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Il Gran Vascello.
to him . " If , " he added , " there is auy mistake" ( and he fixed his eyes imploringly upon his late prisoner as bespoke ) , " ! will make ample atonement- I am rich . " " Knave ! " proudly replied the Scot , " couldst thou coin thy dishonest heart , it would not save thee . Behold , "he continued , " tlie forger of the note in question ; here is a list of the number of each as I received them at fhe bank—this forged one corresponds not with any one of them ;—
besides , I invariably mark the initials of my name in every one I receive ; —( examining the others)—every one has them but this , and which till this day , I am now convinced , I never saw . Send , " he continued , " to the money-changer ' s house ; let the fellow ' s cash-box be produced , and my note , corresponding both in number and mark , will be found . " As his lordship warmly seconded the request of his young friend , the chef-de-la-police immediately dispatched a party of carbineers to the
bureau of the Jew , whose countenance , long before the return of the party , had convinced every one present of his guilt . After some time , the cash-box of the delinquent was at last produced , and the note of Mr . Cackelben , numbered and marked , as he had described . Never was vindication more complete . The young Scotchman , to the pleasure of all present , was honourably acquitted of every suspicion , and the unfortunate culprit sent to the gallies for life . What became of the contents of the Jew ' s cash-box , the Roman police alone can tell .
The Ring Of Charlemagne.
THE RING OF CHARLEMAGNE .
{ Concluded from page 318 , Vol . VI . ) PART II . HILDEGARDE , a prey to jealousy , carefully avoided the King ' s presence . Shut up in her own chamber , she communed with her secret griefs , and entreated God to bring to a close trials , ivhich were as severe upon the heart of the woman , as they were humiliating to the pride of the Queen . At length , she was one day informed that her rival had
disappeared , and that Saphira , of whose empire over the heart of her husband she entertained such dread forebodings , was no longer an inmate of the palace . This intelligence , the effect of . which , it might be supposed , ivould have been to restore her peace of mind , only rendered her still more uneasy . Her suspicions acquired new strength from the fact ; and she planted her spies in all directions to detect the hidingplace of her enemy .
In the meanwhile , Charles devoted himself with increased ardour to botanical pursuits . Occasionally , in the progress of his studies , he went to console Saphira , now a prisoner in the distant seclusion of the royal gardens . He counselled her to abide the issue in patience , and await the time , not far distant ( so he urged ) , when , freed from the tie of matrimony , he , her royal lover , would be enabled to replace her in her former positionand restore her to the envied post which she had lost .
, " I cannot believe that you still love me , " said Saphira , on one of these visits ; " and it were better , august sire , to restore me to freedom and my native land , than only to promise me restoration to those brilliant honours of which you tell me . Here I am a captive , and how shameful a captivity ! Obliged to conceal myself from the si ght of a